My Little Pony: The Great Defenders of Friendship

by specialhoof2022


Chapter 6: Rolling on Grass and Camping at Cliffs

We've walked for 10 minutes from the big pond to the grassy hills. The hills were 500 feet tall, and there were like 36 hills to hike over. We began hiking the hills with our hiking sticks. It may take a while to hike.

"Everypony, these hills are kind of steep, so be careful to walk up and down." Hitch told all of us.

While we were all hiking up and down the hills, Pipp was doing another broadcast on her phone.

"Hello, everypony." Pipp said. "It's me again. We're now hiking the grassy hills. There's lots of hills to hike on, but we can do our best to get the other side. This trip here is so much fun than I imagined, all the destinations are full of perfect views. Maybe someday you can visit those places, too. I gotta go now, have a good day."

We were still hiking, when we saw some birds flying above us. They were on a migration to the forest. Finally, after 7 minutes of hiking, we all made it to the other side of the hills. Now, our next destination was the big view cliffs.

We found the big view cliffs about 2 miles away. As we made it, we started to stay close together, so we never fall off the cliffs or get hurt. The reason why it was called the big view cliffs, it's because whenever somepony is on the cliffs, you can get perfect big views from up high. And of course, there were caves on the edges of the cliffs.

While we were walking, the sun was starting to go down.

"Hey, everypony." I say. "Look at the beautiful sunset over the cliffs."

"Oh yeah, the view with the sun setting is amazing." said Daytime Darwin.

"I just love sunsets." Pipp said as she took a picture of the view with her phone. "I could just make up some songs with the sunset in the distance."

"Everypony, since it's sunset right now, it's getting dark. We need to find a place to set up camp." said Sunny.

Luckily, I spotted and pointed a cave to fit everypony. Once we all went inside, it really was big enough to fit like 50 ponies inside. It was the best camping spot I'd ever picked.

Now, we set up camp for the night. We set up 14 tents for like 4 to 5 ponies to fit in. We rolled out our own sleeping bags and fluffed our own pillows. We hang up our lanterns for when it's too dark inside the cave. We'd put on some bug spray on us for tonight, so no bugs would bite us. Some of the ponies brought lots of lumber for a campfire. Now, we're all ready for a campfire gather round. We began to have dinner, after setting up camp. We had sandwiches, fruit snacks, cookies, granola bars, and even the apples we picked earlier. And, we drank water, milk, and/or juice to drink.

"Having a camp is so much fun." said Astro Alex.

"Mmm-mmm-mmmm These apples are much more delicious than normal apples." said Fruity Tooty.

"My sandwich has peanut butter and banana. And, I have some grape juice." said Amber Lake.

"My sandwich is cheese and pepperoni." said Needle Stitch.

"My dinner is great, but maybe next time, I would go shopping for ingredients for some grilled cheese sandwiches." said Bronze Feather.

I was having my own dinner too, when I saw Ellagant Glare outside the cave, looking at stars. So, I went outside to check in on her.

"Hey, Ella." I say "Looking at stars?"

"Oh yes." Ella answered. "It's so beautiful out here, you can see all the stars in the sky without any city lights."

"Yeah, I'd never been able to see a perfect night sky outside of Zephyr Heights or Maretime Bay. In fact, I'd never been on an adventure before, or gone outside my hometown."

"Me either." Ella replied.

Then, I began to tell Ella more about myself.

"Ella, there's more I should've told about myself: I was born with a lot of gifts."

"Really? Like what kind of gifts?" Ella asked me.

"Well, I can interpret anypony's dreams whenever they need to know what they mean. I can also invent some helpful inventions in need of a pony in need. And, I have a super big brain. I can even be strong and fast. I can do almost everything for my whole life."

"Really?" Ella asked surprisingly.

"Yes." I answered. "And, everyone likes me doing all my gifts."

"That's cool. You know, I wish everypony would appreciate my magic powers someday."

"They will. You know I still like your unicorn powers. They amazed me a lot since you showed me."

"I know you still do." said Ella.

We both started to look at the night sky again, when Zipp Storm came by to see.

"Hey you two," Zipp called to us. "What are you doing out here?"

"We were just talking to each other and looking at the beautiful stars." I answered to Zipp.

"Well, come on back inside, we're about to have some s'mores for dessert."

"Really?" Ella asked. "Let's do s'more." she punned.

We went back inside the cave to join the others for s'mores.

We were enjoying our s'mores, we put marshmallows on our own sticks, and put them in the campfire to heat them up. Then, we placed our marshmallows on top a chocolate bar and add two small pieces of graham crackers either honey or cinnamon flavored. Now that our s'mores were ready, we started eating our dessert.

"Mmm-mmm-mmm. I love s'mores." said Frosty Flavor. "With marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, it's so sweet."

"I know, right?" Izzy said.

Then, we started to sing some campfire songs. The first song was about making s'mores. After the song, we started talking about our feelings to Sunny and her friends.

"Well everypony, I hope you all enjoy your s'mores, but now we can talk about our feelings." said Sunny Starscout. "Amber Lake, you're first."

"Well, I wanted to be a shoe maker, when I grow up." Amber said. "Since my mother's shoe was a little damaged, I had to do something to help her. And then, I found and read a book of how to make shoes. And, I finally fixed my mom's shoe, and it she'd enjoyed my shoe making ability."

"For me, I liked to make juices and smoothies." said Tangerine Twist. "Since my dad showed me how to make some orange juice, I believed I could do a juice serving business to make our family's farm the best farm of oranges and tangerines."

"Really?" Fruity asked Tangerine. "I love to make juices and smoothies, too. In fact, I love to make all kinds of food that involves fruit."

"You mean you're a fruit lover?" Pipp asked her.

"Of course." Fruity answered.

"So, you like to make like strawberry shortcake?" Astro asked.

"Yes."

"Blueberry muffins?" asked Streamer.

"Absolutely. And, what I love to make is a fruit salad."

"My turn to share my feelings." Astro Alex replied. "My own interest is outer space. What I love about space is some comets. Comets are perfect when you were able to find them. I also like to find some new stars and discover some more planets."

"I love outer space, too." said Constellation. "Although, I actually like constellations in the night sky. Ursa Major is my favorite constellation."

"Cool." said Izzy Moonbow.

"You know what?" I got to show you some of my abilities." and Ellagant Glare.

Ella was now showing us her unicorn powers like she did yesterday when she and I met each other. First, she lifted a pillow then used her magic to turn it into a body pillow. Second, she used a super speed spell to clean up the mess in the cave super fast. Everypony was impressed with Ella's magic spells.

"Wow, Ella." said Sunny Starscout. "You are like Princess Twilight Sparkle, she had lots of unicorns powers since she attended the School of Gifted Unicorns in Canterlot."

"That's nice of you." Ella replied. "But, nopony in Bridlewood said I'm not a good unicorn since I showed them my powers."

"How could somepony ever say you're not good?" Izzy asked.

"Yeah, Ellagant." Pipp replied. "You're a great unicorn."

"All my unicorn classmates were telling me so." Ella answered. "I felt like I don't want to do it anymore."

"Ella, I said to you yesterday..." I was saying.

"I know, I still had to be myself." Ella interrupted.

"Alright everypony," Hitch said. "it's time for us to get some sleep for tomorrow."

We obeyed Hitch as we all picked up our trash and threw it in trash bags. Then, we all went inside our tents for some sleep. Ella and I were in the same tent with 3 friends sleeping with us. We both tucked ourselves into our sleeping bags and began to talk to each other again.

"Ella?" I asked. "Did you ever get the same feeling I've had when you got the most unique gifts you could get?"

"Yes." Ella answered. "And, that feeling was great."

"Great."

"I hope I can make a difference during this quest."

"Don't worry. Once we saved Equestria, everypony will love you and appreciate your spells. You'll be a hero, Ella."

Then, Ella fell asleep. I started holding her hoof just like other ponies did to cheer them up. I was feeling great having a new friend with me, when I drifted off to sleep for the next day to come.